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Florida PSC Approves FPL Proposal for More Gas-Fired, Electric Generating Capacity
LCG,
September 4, 2008--The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC)
yesterday approved the applications from Florida Power & Light
(FPL) for a determination of need for one new natural gas-fired,
electric generating unit and upgrades to oil and natural gas units at
two aging facilities installed in the sixties. The investment will add
approximately 2,285 MW of electric generating capacity to FPL's
generation portfolio that serves electric customers in Florida.
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FERC Releases Draft EIS for Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and Pacific Connector
LCG,
September 3, 2008--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
staff on August 29 released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Jordan Cove Energy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal
and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project. The LNG terminal is
proposed to be built at Coos Bay, Oregon to receive liquefied natural
gas (LNG) for re-delivery to the Pacific Northwest and adjacent markets
via an expanded interstate pipeline system.
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Industry News
Stirling Energy Systems Add Major Solar Project in California
LCG,
September 8, 2005--Arizona-based Stirling Energy Systems (SES)
announced yesterday that San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E)
has contracted to purchase between 300 and 900 MW of solar energy from
a large-scale, solar project to be located in Southern California's
Imperial Valley.The solar power plant will include
12,000 Stirling solar dishes distributed over three square miles. The
dish technology tracks the sun and reflects the sun's energy onto the
receiver of a Stirling engine, where the energy heats and expands
hydrogen gas. The expanding gas drives a piston, crankshaft and drive
shaft assembly (without igniting the gas), which in turn drives a
generator.SES has six dishes operating at the National
Solar Thermal Test Facilities at Sandia National Laboratories in New
Mexico. The dishes at the Sandia test facility can operate at nearly a
30 percent peak efficiency while delivering grid-ready alternating
current.SDG&E will purchase all of the output over
the initial, 20-year term of the agreement. SES has options on two
expansion phases that would increase the capacity up to 900 MW.This
is the second major project announced recently by SES. In August, SES
announced the execution of a 20-year contract with Southern California
Edison to purchase 500 to 850 MW of solar power. The project site is in
the Mojave Desert near Victorville, California. The initial, 500-MW
phase is planned to include a 20,000 dish array, with a construction
period estimated to require four years. Both contracts are subject to
approval by the California Public Utilities Commission.The
State of California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program
requires each utility, such as SDG&E and Southern California
Edison, to increase its procurement of eligible renewable generating
resources by 1% of load per year to achieve a 20% renewables goal. The
RPS Program was passed by the Legislature and is managed by
California's Public Utilities Commission and Energy Commission.
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